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SABATINCA BARBARICA. 
(Sabatinea barbarica, Philp., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1., 132.) 
(Plate XLVI., fig. 19 9.) 
This rather obscure species was discovered by Mr. 
Philpott at Tisbury, near Invercargill. 
The expansion of the wings is seven-sixteenths of an inch. 
The fore-wings, which have the apex very pointed, are golden- 
yellow mottled with reddish-brown near the base, on the dor- 
sum and at the apex; there is a large blackish-brown spot near 
the middle of the wing and a much smaller spot before the 
apex. The hind-wings are grey slightly tinged with purple. The 
head and thorax are reddish. The antennae are also reddish 
tipped with black. 
Evidently very closely allied to both S. caustica and 
S. chrysargyra. From the former it may be distinguished 
by its more distinct markings and from the latter by its 
narrower fore-wings. 
The perfect insect appears at the end of November, 
and frequents forests near the sea-level. 
Described and figured from a specimen kindly lent to 
me by Mr. Philpott. 
SABATINCA INCONGRUELLA. 
(Sabatinca inaongruella, Walk., Cat., xxviii., 511; Meyr., Trans. 
N.Z. Inst., xliv., 124; Gen. Ins. exxxii., f. 4; Palaeomicra 
chalcophanes, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xviii., 182.) 
(Plate XOXexc xe shies, Oar) 
This very beautiful and interesting little msect ap- 
pears to be fairly common and generally distributed in 
most wooded districts throughout the North Island. It is 
very abundant at Waimarino and Ohakune. In the South 
Tsland it has occurred at Nelson. 
The expansion of the wings is nearly 4+ inch. The fore- 
wings, which have the costa strongly bent at the base and the 
termen very oblique, are shining metallic golden-green with three 
very faint coppery transverse lines from the costa at about 4, 4 
and #, converging in the disc above the tornus; there is also a 
very faint coppery shading on the costal edge and a broken line 
on the termen; three conspicuous blackish spots are situated on 
the costa at the commencement of the transverse lines, two 
close to the apex, and several smaller spots on the termen and 
dorsum. The hind-wings are dark grey with brilliant purple 
reflections. There is a large tuft of long golden-orange hairs 
on the front of the head and the antennae and legs are orange- 
yellow barred with black. 
Mr. Philpott succeeded in rearing a female specimen 
of this insect from an oval cocoon attached to a species of 
liverwort. It is therefore probable that the larva feeds on 
liverwort.* 
The perfect insect appears from the end of December 
until the end of January and is usually found in damp 
places in dense forests. It rests with the head considerably 
elevated; the wings closed, forming a very steep roof; the 
antennae extended and divergent; the insect being evi- 
dently very much on the alert and ready for instant flight. 
Like most of the members of this interesting group, this 

*Trans, N,Z, Inst., liv., 154; Trans. Ent, Soc. Lond., 1922, 445. 
XIX—THE MICROPTERYGIDAE. 
species is almost invisible whilst winging its way through 
the sunshine and shade of the forest, and it is to this fact 
that it probably owes its safety from attack. On Table- 
top, Tararua Range, where the rainfall is extremely heavy, 
this insect may be found amongst tussock grass, at the 
upper edge of the forest, about 4,000 feet above the sea- 
level. 
SABATINCA EODORA. 
(Sabatinea eodora, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1., 134.) 
(Plate XLVI., fig. 18 9.) 
This brilliant-looking little insect was discovered in 
Shedwood Forest, near Tapawera, Nelson. It has also 
oceurred on the Dun Mountain at about 2,000 feet, on 
D’Urville Island and at Picton. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly over 2 inch. The 
fore-wings, which have the costa strongly arched at the base and 
the termen oblique, are dull salmon-colour with vivid yellow and 
black markings; the basal, median and subterminal areas are 
irregularly speckled with pale orange-brown; there are two very 
large yellow blotches on the costa before the middle and four 
minute yellow bars beyond the middle, all these are more or 
less margined with black seales; four minute black-edged yellow 
bars are situated on, the dorsum as well as two or three patches 
of black and yellow scales in the dise; there is an irregular ring 
of black scales on the subterminal area and a small cluster of 
black scales at the apex; the cilia are brilliant yellow barred 
with black. The hind-wings are blackish with purple reflections; 
the cilia are blackish with two broad yellowish bars on the — 
costa. The head is clothed with extremely long tufted dull yel- 
lowish-greew hairs and the thorax with shorter hairs. The an- 
tennae are bright yellow with black apex and subapical bar. 
The perfect insect appears early in January, and fre- 
quents ferns in damp parts of the forest. It is extremely 
loeal and of a retiring habit. Hence it can only be ob- 
tained by careful sweeping. 
SABATINCA AENBEA. 
(Sabatinea aeneca, Huds., Ent. Mo. Mag., lix., 181.) 
(Plate enV lle en Sela 
This very distinctly-marked species was discovered by 
Mr. 8S. Lindsay at Governor’s Bay, near Christechureh. It 
has also occurred on the Lyttelton Hills and on Mount 
Grey, North Canterbury. 
The expansion of the wings is slightly over 2 inch. The 
head and anterior portions of the thorax are thickly clothed 
with shaggy rust-coloured hairs. The abdomen is blackish. The 
legs are black barred with golden-ochreous-brown. The antennae 
are rather long, black reddish at base. The fore-wings have 
the costa strongly arched near the base, the apex acute and the 
termen oblique; pale golden-ochreous with black markings; a 
small blotch on the costa at the base; a broad strongly-curved 
band extending from the costa at + halfway to tornus; a second 
band, shorter and straighter, from costa before middle to disc; a 
short, much narrower band from costa beyond middle; a series of 
irregular slender blackish markings around outer third of costa, 
termen and in dise beyond middle; a broad cloudy blackish 
patch on dorsum, extending half-way from base to tornus; be- 
tween the black markings much of the ground colour has faint 
